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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.04, 15.10 USN-2877-1 Critical: Oxide Denial of Service

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2877-1
January 27, 2016

oxide-qt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Software Description:
- oxide-qt: Web browser engine library for Qt (QML plugin)

Details:

A bad cast was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-1612)

An issue was discovered when initializing the UnacceleratedImageBufferSurface
class in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2016-1614)

An issue was discovered with the CSP implementation in Blink. If a user
were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to determine whether specific HSTS sites had been
visited by reading a CSP report. (CVE-2016-1617)

An issue was discovered with random number generator in Blink. An attacker
could potentially exploit this to defeat cryptographic protection
mechanisms. (CVE-2016-1618)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial
of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2016-1620)

Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked
in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially
exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via
renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-2051)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Harfbuzz. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer
crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed
render process. (CVE-2016-2052)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1

Ubuntu 15.04:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liboxideqtcore0                 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2877-1
  CVE-2016-1612, CVE-2016-1614, CVE-2016-1617, CVE-2016-1618,
  CVE-2016-1620, CVE-2016-2051, CVE-2016-2052

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1


Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.04, 15.10 USN-2877-1 Critical: Oxide Denial of Service

ubuntu
Calendar Grey January 27, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential updates addressing Oxide vulnerabilities for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 15.04, and 15.10 reinforce system security against potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in Oxide.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: liboxideqtcore0 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 Ubuntu 15.04: liboxideqtcore0 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: liboxideqtcore0 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2877-1

CVE-2016-1612, CVE-2016-1614, CVE-2016-1617, CVE-2016-1618,

CVE-2016-1620, CVE-2016-2051, CVE-2016-2052

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January 27, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/oxide-qt/1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

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